Berkeley Springs Castle is described as haunted by staff and visitors who report phantom footsteps, children's laughter, crashing sounds, and furniture moving on its own. The most frequently reported phenomena include objects levitating in a room where a pen famously floated and was thrown, lights flickering and turning off, and inexplicable power failures, especially during weddings. There are also reports of a disembodied crying woman, and an image of a woman appearing in dining room mirrors. Staff and visitors hear phantom footsteps, children laughing, loud crashes, and a disembodied woman's crying. A quill pen levitating and being thrown across a room, a woman's image appearing in mirrors, and furniture moving by itself. Lights go on and off, and unexplained power failures occur, often during wedding ceremonies. Sounds like Native American chanting are heard from the surrounding woods.